# List of University of San Francisco School of Law alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of San Francisco School of Law.

## Academia

* Ifeoma Ajunwa (2007), writer and professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law
* Edward Imwinkelried (1969), Evidence Scholar and Professor at UC Davis School of Law
* Thomas Nazario (1975), noted professor, lawyer, and scholar of human rights and international children's rights

## Arts, entertainment, and journalism

* Cupcake Brown (2001), author and lawyer, wrote A Piece of Cake: A Memoir
* Emily Compagno (2006), attorney, TV host, former National Football League cheerleader, Fox News Channel contributor
* John Corcoran, speechwriter for the Governor of California and White House staffer
* Jeff Gottesfeld (1981), novelist and television writer
* Kimberly Guilfoyle (1994), former assistant San Francisco district attorney and television personality
* Gini Graham Scott (1990), author
* Dick Spotswood (1973), journalist and politician

## Athletics

* Tatiana Lysenko (2005), Ukrainian gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics and world champion gymnast
* Marcus McElhenney (2014), lawyer and bronze medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics
* Juliet Starrett (2003), two-time whitewater rafting world champion and CEO of CrossFit San Francisco
* Andy Wolfe, lawyer and noted college basketball player

## Business

* Byington Ford (did not graduate), noted real estate developer
* Hekani Jakhalu Kense, businesswoman and social entrepreneur
* Lloyd Levitin (1961), businessman and professor
* Marjorie Scardino (1975), CEO of Pearson PLC, and the first woman to head a top 100 firm on the London Stock Exchange

## Government and politics
### Members of Congress

* John Burton (1960), long-serving politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1974-1983), California State Assembly (1965-1974; 1988–1996); California State Senate (1996-2004); and Chair of the California Democratic Party (1973-1974; 2009–2017)
* John F. Shelley (1932), member of the United States House of Representatives (1949-1964), Mayor of San Francisco (1964-1968), and member of the California State Senate (1939-1947)

### Members of state legislatures

* Randy Iwase (1974), member of the Hawaii Senate (1990-2000)
* Susan C. Lee (1982), member of the Maryland House of Delegates (2002-2015) and Maryland Senate (2015–present)
* Sylvia Luke (1995), member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1999–present)
* J. Eugene McAteer, member of the California Senate (1959-1967)
* Bill Monning (1976), member of the California State Assembly (2008-2012) and California State Senate (2012-2020)
* Arthur Ohnimus (1921), Chief Clerk of the California State Assembly (1923-1937; 1941–1967)
* Frank S. Petersen (1951), member of the California Senate (1963-1967) and Judge on the Del Norte County Superior Court (1966-1988)

### State and territorial executive offices

* Ron Knecht (1995), Nevada State Controller (2015-2019) and member of the Nevada Assembly (2002-2004)
* Thomas C. Lynch (1929), 25th Attorney General of California (1964-1971) and District Attorney of San Francisco (1951-1964)
* Leo T. McCarthy (1958), Lieutenant Governor of California (1983-1995); member and Speaker of the California State Assembly (1969-1982); member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1964-1968)
* Bill Schuette (1979), Michigan Attorney General (2011-2019), member of the United States House of Representatives (1985-1991), and Justice of the Michigan Court of Appeals (2003-2009)
* Faoa Aitofele Sunia (1975), Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa (2003-2013)

### Municipal and local offices

* Angela Alioto (1983), civil rights attorney and member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1989-1997)
* Matthew R. Beauchamp (1984), District Attorney of Colusa County, California (2016–present)
* David Brady (1976), District Attorney of Trinity County, California (2020–present)
* Michael Hennessey (1973), long-serving Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco (1980–2012)
* John C. Houlihan, Mayor of Oakland (1961-1966)
* Suzy Loftus (2005), interim District Attorney of San Francisco (2019-2020)
* William J. Quinn (1925), Chief of the San Francisco Police Department (1929-1940)
* Jill Ravitch (1987), District Attorney of Sonoma County, California (2011–present)
* Anne Marie Schubert (1989), District Attorney of Sacramento County, California (2015–present)
* Katy Tang (2017), member and President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (2013-2019)
* Joseph E. Tinney (1933), member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1961-1966) and San Francisco City Assessor (1966-1979)
* Brendon Woods (1996), Public Defender of Alameda County, California (2012–present)

## Judicial and legal figures
### National supreme court justices

* Daniel Foley (1974), Justice of the Supreme Court of Palau (2013-present) and Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals (2000-2016)

### Federal judges

* Saundra Brown Armstrong (1977), judge on the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1991–present)
* Roger D. Foley (1946), former long-serving chief judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1962-1996) and Attorney General of Nevada (1959-1962)
* David Hagen (1959), former judge on United States District Court for the District of Nevada (1993-2005)
* George Bernard Harris (1926), former judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1946-1983) and San Francisco Municipal Court (1941-1946)
* Mark N. Olds (1945), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
* Edward Joseph Schwartz (1939), former judge and chief judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (1968-2000)
* William Thomas Sweigert (1923), former judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1959-1983) and the San Francisco County Superior Court (1949-1959)

### State supreme court justices

* Ming Chin (1967), former justice of the Supreme Court of California (1996-2020)
* Martin Jenkins (1980), justice of the Supreme Court of California (2020–present), California Courts of Appeal (2008-2019), and United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1997-2008)
* Buell A. Nesbett (1940), former justice and first chief justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1959-1970)
* Raymond L. Sullivan (1930), former justice of the Supreme Court of California (1966-1977) and California Courts of Appeal (1961-1966)
* Mary Jane Theis (1974), justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (2010–present)

### State appellate court justices

* Herbert L. Ashby (1958), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1972-1992)
* John E. Benson (1955), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1986-1994) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1974-1986)
* Preston Devine (1927), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1966-1974)
* Robert L. Dossee (1960), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1979-1998) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1972-1979)
* Norman H. Elkington (1927), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1959-1988)
* Carl Evans (1950), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal and Fresno County Superior Court
* Daniel M. Hanlon (1964), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1992-2000) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1978-1992)
* Barbara J.R. Jones (1974), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1996-2020) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1992-1996)
* Robert F. Kane (1952), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1971-1979), San Mateo County Superior Court (1969-1971), and the United States Ambassador to Ireland (1984-1985)
* Donald B. King (1958), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1982-1996)
* John B. Molinari (1933), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1962-1977) and on the San Francisco County Superior Court (1950s)
* Joanne Parrilli (1974), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1995-2007) and on the Alameda County Superior Court (1988-1995)
* James Richman (1965), justice of the California Courts of Appeal (2006-present) and Alameda County Superior Court (1997-2006)
* Maria P. Rivera (1974), former justice of the California Courts of Appeal (2002-2018) and Contra Costa County Superior Court (1996-2002)
* Allison M. Rouse (1948), former justice of California Courts of Appeal (1971-1988) and San Francisco County Superior Court (1967-1971)
* James Ward (1959), justice of the California Courts of Appeal (1996-present)
* Charles Wilson (2002), justice of the California Courts of Appeal (2021-present) and Santa Clara County Superior Court (2014-present)